Handbook Eastern Christianity

Handbook Eastern Christianity
A handbook written by twenty specialists, and edited by Herman Teule and Alfons Brüning.

Year: 2018
ISBN: 978-90-429-3474-0
Pages: XVI-993 p.
Price: 88 EURO

Available at Uitgeverij Peeters, Leuven

This handbook provides insight into the rich diversity of Eastern Christian traditions. In addition to historical introductions about the individual Eastern Churches, there are also thematic chapters with discussions on classical subjects, such as spirituality, liturgy and icons, but also issues such as orthodoxy and human rights, the processing of the communist past, the relationship with Islam, the question of nationalism,the relationship between church and state, and the challenges of modernity.